The sled has to have enough drag not to catch up to the kite and slack the lines or have enough of an edge to bite into the snow and be able to tack across the wind. Some people use short skis and some replace buggy wheels with blades. Lee Sedgwick always had a valentines day traction ice fly. I don't know the status of it since Sue (his wife) died. Legend has it he once fell through the ice and had enough presence of mind not to let go of the stack of Rev Is he was flying and flew them into the center of the window and pulled himself out of the water. As with most of the stories, Lee will neither confirm or deny. Lee is also often credited with being the first person to put standoffs on a sport kite, the first to stack Revs, the first to 3D fly a Rev ....

Hum, interesting...maybe the runner sled would work, the one with the red metal runners and a steering bar.

The city shut down the local sledding hills last year. To go sledding around here we have to drive outa town, or make do with the small knolls and snow piles. We just might start somthing if folks find out there's a way to sled off hill!

The sharp blades work great on ice and I know of quite a few people who ride ice buggies (and boards) and get some pretty awesome speeds out of them. Like ice skates, you do have to worry about the blades which could turn pretty ugly if not respected properly. Like is mentioned in the article, ice blades do not work at all in the soft stuff. On the other hand I don't think the snow buggy would work that well on the ice....

This year i tried to use a snowboard and a set of snow skis. The board wasn't really for me but the skis were sweet! I didn't really have time to modify my buggy for the snow, but maybe next year. Now peter lynn seems to have a rig for everything. Heres one for water...
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